stopthatgirl7

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Hey, y’all! Just another random, loudmouthed, opinionated, Southern-fried nerdy American living abroad.

I’m moving off kbin to lemmy, so I won’t be posting from here (unless kbin social gets it together).

Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@stopthatgirl7
Lemmy: [email protected]

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How Mastodon made friends with Meta (www.platformer.news)

Founder Eugen Rochko on helping Threads federate, dodging venture capital, and why he hopes Bluesky abandons its protocol

Killing of three women in a week sparks femicide protests in Somalia (www.theguardian.com)

Police name husbands as suspects in separate deaths of women, two of whom were pregnant

How Spoutible’s Leaky API Spurted out a Deluge of Personal Data (www.troyhunt.com)

Ever hear one of those stories where as it unravels, you lean in ever closer and mutter “No way! No way! NO WAY!” This one, as far as infosec stories go, had me leaning and muttering like never before. Here goes: Last week, someone reached out to me with what

Ian Miles Cheong says he loves Malaysia, is not Pro-Israel | New Straits Times (www.nst.com.my)

KUALA LUMPUR: Controversial Malaysian influencer, Ian Miles Cheong, has clarified that he does not advocate for Israel, despite claims circulating on social media.

Israeli cops killed a 4-year-old Palestinian girl, then took 10 days to return her body (www.haaretz.com)

Border Police opened fire indiscriminately at a vehicle that tried to burst through a checkpoint, also firing 32 rounds into a taxi carrying a mother and her children. One of them, a little girl, was shot dead

‘This should not have happened,’ lawyer says of 16-year-old’s death at poultry plant (mississippitoday.org)

Family of 16-year-old worker killed cleaning a machine at Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg files lawsuit.

Yemen will publicly stone & crucify 10 gay men in “gruesome public spectacles” (www.lgbtqnation.com)

The country will imprison or publicly flog 60 other suspected homosexuals.

Chernobyl's mutant wolves appear to have developed resistance to cancer, study finds (news.sky.com)

The wolves are exposed to cancer-causing radiation as they roam the wastelands of the abandoned city - with researchers finding part of their genetic information seems resilient to increased risk of the disease.

AI Companies Take Hit as Judge Says Artists Have “Public Interest” In Pursuing Lawsuits (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

A federal judge rejected arguments from Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt that the suit is intended to suppress its free speech.

Horror as man dies on Lufthansa flight from Bangkok to Munich (www.dailymail.co.uk)

The man was said to have been spitting into a bag when a 'gush of blood' came out of his mouth and nose, splattering the walls of the Airbus A380 aircraft from Bangkok to Germany.

Ohio City To Drop Charges Against Pastor Who Sheltered Homeless People In Church (www.huffpost.com)

The agreement between the pastor of Dad's Place and the city of Bryan comes with conditions.

Tennessee Man Plotted to Bring Guns and Explosives to the Border, FBI Says (www.vice.com)

The grievances and conspiracy theories that motivated the man’s violent plot are the same ones that brought the “God’s Amy” convoy to the southern border last week.

South Dakota has apologized and must pay $300K to transgender advocates (apnews.com)

South Dakota has apologized and will pay $300,000 under a settlement with a transgender advocacy group that sued Gov. Kristi Noem and her health secretary.

Death of baby decapitated in metro Atlanta hospital ruled homicide, ME confirms (www.wsbtv.com)

According to a lawsuit filed by the parents, the baby became stuck during labor and the doctor began pulling.

Northwestern students face criminal charges for pro-Palestinian newspaper parody (responsiblestatecraft.org)

The students, charged under an obscure anti-KKK law, face up to a year in jail.

Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’ (www.theguardian.com)

Researchers say extreme content being pushed on young people and becoming normalised

Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement (apnews.com)

A Black woman and a group of four young girls who were wrongfully forced out of their car, held at gunpoint and handcuffed by police in suburban Denver in 2020 have reached a $1.9 million legal settlement.

Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Ability to Do Business (documentedny.com)

To combat pervasive wage theft in New York, three new bills were introduced in the legislature that would punish violators.

Ukraine-born Miss Japan relinquishes crown following affair (www.japantimes.co.jp)

Karolina Shiino's decision, the first time a Miss Japan winner has relinquished their title, follows a report that she was dating a married man.

CNN staff say network’s pro-Israel slant amounts to ‘journalistic malpractice’ (www.theguardian.com)

Insiders say pressure from the top results in credulous reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives

Florida parents say 2-year-old was restrained during Rosa Parks reenactment at day care (www.wesh.com)

ST. CLOUD, Fla. — Parents of a 2-year-old in Osceola County say their daughter, who they believe is the only Black child in the class, was made to play Rosa Parks in a reenactment that included her being restrained by another student in a police uniform and fingerprinted.